WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP):

LANKY FAST bowler Chris Martin took five for 65 as New Zealand dismissed Bangladesh for 143 then reached 34 for three at stumps yesterday, the first day of the second Test.

New Zealand were 35 for two before former captain Stephen Fleming and opener Craig Cumming joined in an 83-run third wicket partnership which restored the authority the home side had enjoyed from the opening overs.

Cumming was out for 42 before stumps, but Fleming held the innings together and was 39 not out at the close of play. Matthew Sinclair was nine not out.

Martin's eighth five-wicket haul in Tests lifted him to equal sixth on New Zealand's all-time Test wicket-taking list with 123, level with Ewen Chatfield and behind Sir Richard Hadlee (431), Daniel Vettori (237), Chris Cairns (218), Danny Morrison (160) and Lance Cairns (130).

Vettori won the toss yesterday and sent Bangladesh in to bat, as he did in the first Test at Dunedin when New Zealand hurried the tourists out for 137 and went on to win by nine wickets.

Rapid decline

Charged by Martin's performance, New Zealand took only 45.3 overs to wreck Bangladesh's first innings and take charge of a match being played on a evenly-paced, even docile batting wicket.

Impulsiveness, lack of patience and poor shot selection contributed to the rapid decline of Bangladesh's innings. Of the Bangladesh batsmen, only Aftab Ahmed, who batted 108 minutes and was not out 25, dedicated himself to crease occupation. Others couldn't restrain themselves from playing shots and Bangladesh's innings included 18 fours and two sixes or 84 runs from boundaries.

Martin, a tall right-armer, exploited that rashness, maintaining an attacking line to both right and left handers.